Thanks for pointing this out. And thanks to Nicola! Duly added to the reference library.

 

Grazie a tutti.

 

Ciao !

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

Yes, eat some tutti fruiti!

 

A very nice watch!
Should learn more on it (Google translate will be my friend for italian translation )
Could someone help me a bit in understanding how this "N" hand works?

 

I used to learn this while being with the boy scouts, it is described here or here.
So I assume the N hand (24h hand) just runs with half the speed of the hour hand.

 

Correct assumption!

 

Now to only find one....

 

Eccone uno di un amico...

 

Zenith ‘Red 24 Hour Hand’

An extremely rare and highly attractive stainless steel chronograph with black lacquer dial, red 24-hour hand and additional crown to stop the seconds.

The present wristwatch is an extremely rare example of a sextant chronograph made by Zenith in the mid 1940s. This unusual, hardly ever seen timepiece indicates time in 12 hour and 24 hour formats via an additional, central red hand. The latter, tipped with the letter N for North, made it possible to also calculate compass directions. When the wristwatch is horizontal and the hand hour points towards the sun, the red index points to north. An additional winding crown located at the 9 o’clock position enables the wearer to stop the movement and consequently the seconds hand. When releasing the button the movement starts running again, a feature that is most useful to pilots synchronizing their watches or when setting the watch to the second according to a radio signal. We have not found any trace of a similar Zenith being offered at auction, another example has been found by us but with a white dial. It is offered in immaculate overall condition, with a pristine black lacquered dial and absolutely crisp case that has never been polished.
The timepiece presented here is one that will make the heart of any collector beat faster, as it combines rarity, extraordinary condition, and an extremely rare complication.




http://www.phillipswatches.com/ecatalog-st...l-chronographs/

 

spoynya

 

The Phillips piece looks nice from the catalogue! Crown on left maybe not original, hard to tell.

 

THis is so dammed cool.

 

Hi Nicola,

On the cover of Chronograph Wristwatches: To Stop Time by Lang and Meis, there is a watch that is virtually identical to the white-dialed Zenith watch you show here. It's black-dialed, the hands have been painted white, and the dial is unsigned, but otherwise it is identical. Do you know this watch? Perhaps it is a Zenith also?

Kind regards,

Myron

 

They would all be Excelsior Park at heart. The design and patents was with EP.
Movements, and often also dial and cases, was identical between most of the different badged versions I have seen.
Gallet/Zenith or EP.